Alma H. Bond, Ph.D.

Alma Halbert Bond received her Ph.D. from Columbia University, and became a highly successful psychoanalyst in private practice for 37 years in New York City. She "retired" to become a full-time writer. Barbra Streisand: On the Couch was just published with Bancroft Press, who publish the On the Couch series. . Hillary Clinton: On the Couch was published a few months ago, and received a Best Books Award Finalist book award. Jackie O: On the Couch, the first of her On the Couch series to be published by Bancroft Press, was published on August 15, 2011, and received a Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Best Books Award Finalist USA Book News, and International Book Awards Finalist. . Margaret Mahler, a Biography of the Psychoanalyst was published by McFarland Press in 2008. It received two awards, Best Books Award Finalist USA Book News and Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist. Michelle Obama, a Biography, was recently published by Greenwood Press. Dr. Bond has had 20 other books published, including "Camille Claudel, a Novel," “The Autobiography of Maria Callas, a Novel ,which was runner-up in the Hemingway Novel Contest, ”"Old Age is a Terminal Illness," "Who Killed Virginia Woolf? a Psychobiography," “Tales of Psychology: Short Stories to Make You Wise," "I Married Dr. Jekyll and Woke Up Mrs. Hyde," "Is There Life After Analysis?" "On Becoming a Grandparent," "America's First Woman Warrior: The Story of Deborah Sampson" (with Lucy Freeman) and a children's book, "The Tree That Could Fly." Dr. Bond also wrote the play, Maria," about the life and loves of Maria Callas," which was produced off-off Broadway and is currently touring Florida. It will be produced in England this summer. Her book, Camille Claudel, a Novel, was translated into Hungarian, and will be produced as a play shortly. Among other organizations, Dr. Bond is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Dramatists Guild, PEN, the International Psychoanalytic Association, and the American Psychological Association. She taught psychoanalysis at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, where she is a fellow, and also has been a faculty member of WritersSchool, where she taught Psychology and Literature. Her website is Http://almabondauthor.com, and email address almahb@aol.com. Dr. Bond is the widow of Rudy Bond, the stage, screen, television actor, and author of I Rode a Streetcar Named Desire. She is the mother of three children, Zane P. Bond, Jonathan H. Bond, and Janet Bond Brill, all of whom are published authors, and also the proud grandmother of eight. .